by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan de Galba · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478220090
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«Tirant lo Blanc» is the novel by Joanot Martorell and Martí Joan de Galba, published by Edicions Alfons el Magnànim in paperback (1395 pages, in Catalan).
1990 edition in three volumes, published as numbers 23-25 of the Biblioteca d'autors valencians.
For readers of medieval classics and Catalan literature, as well as those interested in historical narrative.
Joanot Martorell was a Valencian knight and writer, best known for authoring the novel Tirant lo Blanch, written in Catalan/Valencian and published at Valencia in 1490. This novel is often regarded as one of the peaks of the literature in Catalan language and it played a major role in influencing later writers such as Miguel de Cervantes, who, in the book burning scene of Don Quixote, says "I swear to you, my friend, this is the best book of its kind in the world". The novel deals with the adventures of a knight in the Byzantine Empire; it is considered one of the first works of alternate history.
